More from the hill

[Rob MacKillop]

Calton Hill, central Edinburgh...Mamiya C330S, 80mm.

Tree Silhouette x700 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Burnt Offerings:


Burnt Offerings x700 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr​

 

[Pete Askew]

I like the first very much Rob and think the composition balances very well especially with the density that you have applied to the tree. I love the shadow too. I also like the 'blasted' feel of the second (Greece in summer!) and the 'smokey' foliage. A shame about the edge artefacts though. You could probably either clone them out or use control points to limit the glow at those edges while retaining it elsewhere.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Pete. You are making me aware of the edge artefacts, and I can't quite make up my mind whether they are necessarily a bad thing in the likes of this image. I was trying to get the whole structure humming (for want of a better word) with the energy of the sun. Hence the deliberate over exposing to the point of break up.

As an aside, when I was a young man of 20, I used to hitch hike through to Edinburgh from Dundee during the big arts festival here, and used to sleep beneath these pillars, usually a little inebriated. But I did save enough money to view the Mona Lisa, which was visiting one year.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

I really like the first Rob...although you did get the feeling (hum) you were hoping for in the second.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Glenn!